The first Trump administration correctly identified the People’s Republic of China as the main trade problem. Not only has the second term been less focused, but China no longer seems to be a ...

After the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, lawmakers now have time to plan the next business tax reform. Such a reform should tax business income neutrally and eliminate the pass-through ...

America is in a baby bust, with birth rates hitting record lows and still falling. Young Americans are getting married later and less. Meanwhile, parents face rising stress, and children suffer an ...

In a recent interview, former Freddie Mac CEO Donald Layton says Fannie and Freddie were "lazy competitors" before government seizure.

The China Global Investment Tracker is the most complete public record of the country’s investment and construction worldwide, with more than 4,300 transactions from 2005 through 2022.

Members of AEI’s National Council are business and community leaders from across the country and abroad who are committed to the values and success of the Institute. They are ambassadors for AEI and ...

AEI internships are available in the fall, spring, and summer to experienced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required; however, most successful ...

Zack Cooper’s book is a first-rate example of policy-relevant basic research. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, it has important implications for the most pressing questions confronting ...

“Designed in California, assembled in China,” reads the text etched on the back of most iPhones. For over a decade, the iPhone has exemplified China’s central role in producing the world’s electronics ...

Since 2020, workforce challenges have defined the US economy. From a shrinking working-age population to persistent labor shortages, worker disengagement, and an ever-widening skills gap, employers ...

President Donald Trump has set forth an ambitious plan to reform the federal approach to immigration policy and enforcement. This plan can broadly be categorized into two overarching goals: (1) to ...

The China economy field is full of people repeating the government’s numbers and “analyzing” them. If that’s sufficient, China watchers can just project a gradual fall from 5 percent GDP growth ...